How Much Are Iui's??

It seems like there are different prices all over the place! Here in Alberta it's around $500 (plus meds) for the IUI and $8500 (plus 300-600 for meds) for the IVF

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keeseattle

@JocelynsMommy0926 I am in Seattle and the IUI at my RE is $425 which to us was less expensive than we thought. Â What gets expensive are the additions- Â each ultrasound is $175 and I believe with an IUI cycle there are at least 2, trigger is $65 and then whatever the cost of medication you take. Â I am taking Femara and with my insurance it is $25/cycle. Â If you need injectables I understand those can get quite expensive- Â like $1K-3K per cycle.

So we are looking at a minimum of $865 with Femara, lots more if we do a cycle with injects. Â Oh, also I am doing a HSG before our first IUI to make sure my tubes are clear. Â Don't want to spend all that money if the eggs aren't getting to where they need to be!Â

Good luck to you.

Karin

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jess2327

@even1wouldbablessing It's about the same in Ontario assuming you have OHIP which I imagine over 90% ofÂ OntariansÂ do. Â My fertility clinic charges $350 per iui attempt and they often do two in one cycle.

OHIP-Funded Patients:

If you are applying to undergoÂ artificial inseminationsÂ (IUI), and you are an Ontario resident with an Ontario Health Insurance card,Â you are a funded patient. All of the medical services (i.e.: physician consultations/visits/blood tests/ultrasounds, etc.) are billable to OHIP. ServicesÂ not covered under OHIPÂ is the lab service of providing a sperm wash and any drugs used.

@jess2327 I'm in Ontario as well. It's the drugs that kill you - well it depends what they use. My first cycle I was on pills that were a couple hundred. The next cycle they cost 3 k because we went to injectables. I also think that since Ohip doesn't cover the cost they can charge what they like for things like ivf and it's up to you to 'shop around'. I am about to start ivf and it's 10 k exactly for ivf and they said to expect 5-8 k in drugs. I'm at first steps fertility clinic in Toronto - they have a great rep results wise.

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jess2327

@EllieB2010 Small world... I go to the same clinic! Â If you're interested to compare prices, those charts I pasted are from ivfcanada.com - their clinic is at Kennedy and Sheppard (in the building on NE corner). Â I assume any extended health benefits you have don't cover fertility costs just like me. Â My previous coverage had $15k per lifetime. Â I guess that wouldn't have gone too far anyway....

@mylilnudger It depends on the clinic and the protocol. Mine are, and I have the price list here with the breakdowns, $1985.00 without coverage, $570.76 with half coverage and half cash because I has not made my deductible yet. Mine will be lower because my labs cost if I do them there, but if I go a private lab they're free. Meds are extra and I paid $90 for gonal-f and ovidrel. Letrazole will be additional and I don't know that one yet, it's a new one for me. Cash price will be cheaper, be sure to ask your re. Good luck!

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EllieB2010

@jess2327 Do you mind if i ask why you went to first steps when this other place is way cheaper? For me I'm nervous changing clinics and don't want to start all over again. Even with the coverage that's a huge price difference though. I have no coverage for fertility treatments (yikes!). Thanks for sharing that Jess - that's hugely helpful!

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jess2327

@EllieB2010 DH and I did not hold back asking our GP for help. Â After 7 cycles DH did an SA and the results were amazing. Â So I asked my GP - what now? Â He referred me to Dr. Sierra and told me I'd get a phone call. Â I wasn't thinking as far ahead as 'what will this cost me'? Â

We did the whole slew of tests after our consult. Â Lots of blood work, a second SA, shg for me and everything looked good except the SA wasn't as good as the last, morph and motility were below normal but not terrible. Â Sierra wanted to do IUI and sperm wash and what I had read at that point made me think it was covered completely. Â So I leave her office and speak with Melanie who proceeds to show me a sheet that says $282.50 for cycle monitoring yearly fee. Â $350 per IUI attempt which she said is often two per cycle. Â I was so depressed leaving there thinking that Sierra let me down by not telling me in her office that I'd be paying part of the stuff out of pocket. Â She didn't want to go the drug route (clomid etc) before a couple cycles of IUI. Â That suited me fine cuz I didn't want to jump into taking drugs what would up our chances of twins or multiples. Â So since it won't be until April/May that we've been trying to a year and our budget is super tight we decided to think about it for a few cycles. Â Well here am I the next cycle preggo and hoping it sticks...really hoping as I'm spotting today (brown cm and some cramps).

Tomorrow I go for another blood test and I hope it's good news.......

Did you choose First Steps or was it chosen for you?Â

And who knows - that price chart says "Basic IVF". Â Maybe it becomes $10k very easily. Â You could always call them and see what the deal is.

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EllieB2010

@jess2327 I love it! Talk about taking charge of your fertility! Congrats on your BFP!!! That's amazing! I find that clinic horrendous on communication! They are exceptionally bad at it. Good for you for not getting pressured into anything. I'm at the end of my rope so I'm ready to do ivf. I think the ivf at first steps did actually include ICis so that explains part of it. Thanks for the super helpful info btw. I don't know what I'd do without this forum and the amazing ladies here!

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Suz68

@JocelynsMommy0926 If you are talking IUI (intrauterine injection) here in Iowa, mine cost $240 plus the cost of the sperm analysis and wash, which was $155.

IVF is obviously more expensive, but I haven't done that yet....

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JocelynsMommy0926

@Suz68 It is in Iowa... so its probably around there. Affordable for me. I could even donate plasma 2 times a week for half of that!! lol

@JocelynsMommy0926 Depending on how many ultrasounds the dr needs to do. That was $175 for me. They did two on me.

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Bookdiver

@JocelynsMommy0926 Wow, this has made me feel a bit better about down the road. I might not even have a problem, who knows? But it's nice to know that they don't make conception impossible for those that might need a little extra help. Then again, I'm in South Carolina and haven't started the process of researching this yet.

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